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Presentation Crossbreeding with Red Breeds Hamar june 2016 Henk - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Presentation Crossbreeding with Red Breeds Hamar june 2016 Henk - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Presentation Crossbreeding with Red Breeds Hamar june 2016 Henk Schoonvelde NRF x Holstein Intro Henk Schoonvelde (41) Married with Ilse , two kids ( 4 and 7) Agriculture University Hobbies: skiing , travel with family, nature
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Intro
- Henk Schoonvelde (41)
- Married with Ilse , two kids ( 4 and 7)
- Agriculture University
- Hobbies: skiing , travel with family, nature
- Dairyfarmer, member of EDF, board member
agriculture related companies and consultant.
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Presentation
- Dairy farming in the Netherlands
- Schoonvelde dairyfarm
- Vision
- EDF results
- More profit with crossbreeding
- Vision about crossbreeding
- Summary / conclusion
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Dairyfarming in the Netherlands
- 18000 dairyfarms
- 90 cows 50 ha
- 8500 kg milk per cow
- High protein grass silage and grazing
- Low feeding costs
- Efficient infrastructure
- Lot of know how
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Typical Dutch landscape
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High input for:
- Labour (25 euro p/h)
- Groundprice (50000 euro)
- Building costs (6000 euro per cow)
- Environmental issues (slurry, mega farming,
grazing)
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Dairyfarming in 2030
- ANIMAL WELFARE !!!
- Health claims
- Footprint
- Cost of production
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White milk
C c cheap , low footprint, …
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Milk with a story Authentic, organic ..
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Find the key
- Balance between footprint, animal welfare,
health benefits of milk, cost op production and authentic milk.
- In North west Europe the dairyfarmers will
need extra value on global milk price.
- Produce : Organic or milk with a story or
benefits for the globally growing upper middel class.
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Schoonvelde Dairyfarm
- Dairy farm:
- 140 ha
- 106 ha grass
- 34 ha maize silage
- 280 dairycows 170 replacements
- Production 33 kilo 4,2 fat 3,6 protein
- 18% replacement
- Expansion to 300 cows
- Production >35 kilo per day
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New barn built in 2012
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4 Lely a4 robots
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Member of
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EDF
- 500 members in Europe
- 50 in the Netherlands
- Benchmarking
- Learning and sharing from other members
- 3 meetings each year
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Number 1 for profit/cow
EDF 2016
- Melkveebedrijf Schoonvelde
EDF Netherlands average
- 285
173 cows
- 18%
24% replacement rate
- 10200
8044 kg milk
- 4.13
4.32 fat
- 3.53
3.48 protein
- 17175
15000 milk / ha
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44 vetenary costs
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44 medicine costs
- 1.8
2.4 labor
- 1880
1649 EURO PROFIT / COW
- 135 190 cellcount
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430 days calving interval
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Breeding strategy
- 1940 – 1970 ( Dutch Frisians)
- 1970 – 2000 ( Holstein )
- 2000 – 2012 ( Three and three way cross )
- 2012 -
( Holstein – Norwegian red)
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Why crossbreeding
- We want strong and healthy dairycows with
high production.
- Labour is expensive so we need a lot of
cows/milk per worker ( currently 135 )
- Feed and ground is expensive so we need
longelivety and good feed conversion.
- Lot of pressure in the Netherlands on
antibiotic use.
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Three way cross
- Holstein -> NRF -> Fleckvieh -> Holstein -> NRF
– Fleckvieh ………… or
- Two way cross NRF -> Holstein -> NRF ->
Holstein
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Breeds
- Holstein :
- Strong: Milk , Frame and Udders
- Weak: To large, Body condition, Low
resistance (mastitus, fertility etc)
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- Fleckvieh
- Strong, Body condition, Fertility
- Heavy, large cows, Production, Heavy calves
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Norwegian red Number one breed for crossbreeding
- Efficient cow (from feed to milk)
- Medium, perfect sized
- Perfect body condition (some beef no FAT!)
- Strong feet and legs
- Calving ease
- Fertile
- Crossbreds produce the same as Holstein cows
- Geno has state of art breeding program
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Purebred Norwegian red
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- Results on our farm:
- Calving interval 430 to 380
- Death calves from 14% to 7%
- Cull rate from 35% to 20%
- Production 8500 to 10000
- Protein from 3.3 to 3.6
- LESS WORK , LESS STRESS
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Norwegian red x Holstein
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NRF x FLV X HF
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Crossbreeding in the Netherlands
- Started 10 years ago
- Slow start
- 5 years ago big boom
- Crossbred cows have the same production as
holstein cows. Much better health traits.
- Breeds used: Fleckvieh, Brown Swiss, Jersey,
Montbeliarde , Swedish red and Norwegian red.
- Currently 15% of al cows are crossbred
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BRAUT (NRF) x Holstein
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Norwegian red x Holstein
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Norwegian red x Holstein
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More profit with red breeds
- Crossbreds between are easy to manage ( less
stress and work)
- Medium sized ( ideal for freestalls )
- High production (upto 16000 kg in our farm)
- Good temperament
- > 200 euro extra net profit per cow/year
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More money – less problems
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Summary
- Crossbreds are efficient and healthy cows.
- Short calving interval , optimal body
condition, medium sized.
- Suitable for 2 or 3 way cross
- Depends on what kind of cow you like
- Crossbreeding is an innovative management
tool to increase your profit!
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Red breeds
- Be different
- Focus on health , animal welfare
- Low / no antibiotic use
- Invest in data collecting
- Expect big marked share for:
- Milk from cows which are healthy by nature
- Able to produce milk with a authentic image from
green gras silage and pasture.
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